Driver talks Woodson, retirement and teeth

Before recently retired Green Bay Packer Donald Driver dropped the ceremonial first puck at the start of the Admirals' game tonight, he was in the team locker room.

The former wide receiver says he's seen two hockey games in his life, both in Green Bay, and has had skates on before – just not ice skates.

“Hockey and rugby are something I would probably never play,” Driver said. “I was in the locker room with the guys and half of them ain't got teeth in their mouth. One thing I do love is my teeth.”

Driver spoke to the media shortly after his puck drop and because he was flying to get here, said he really did not hear the news about Charles Woodson's release earlier today until asked about it by a reporter.

“The team will move on,” Driver said. “They're not going to stop moving because two leaders are gone. … You look around that locker room, me and Charles, we were, I guess you could say, the grandfathers of the team. Now someone else has to take over that leadership.”

Driver said his wife did not want him to continue to play football with another team, and his son agreed.

“He said I'm only going to be loved in one place,” Driver said.

Driver was on Friday.

“I didn't expect to come to a hockey game and think there was going to be a lot of Donald Driver jerseys,” he said. “That just shows how much the fans love me and the Green Bay Packers.”

Driver said he will be on Extreme Makeover-Weight Loss Edition within the next two weeks, and was also interviewed by public address announcer Matt Moore during the second intermission.